Aragon, Ramiro II 'The Monk' b. 1041 d. August 16, 1157 King of Aragon. Son of Sancho Ramírez, King of Aragon and Navarre, and Felicia of Roucy. As a child, his father sent him to monastery of Saint Pons de Thomières where he was elected Abbot of the Castillian royal monastery of Santos Fecundo y Primitivo in Sahagún and later was Abbot of the monastery of San Pedro el Viejo at Huesca. He had been elected as the Bishop Barbastro-Roda when his elder brother, Alfonso, died in 1134, leaving Ramiro the crown. Ramiro suspended his vows to rule long...[Read More] (Bio by: Lady Annne) San Pedro Monastery, Huesca, Aragon, Spain Plot: Chapel of San Benito (Royal Pantheon)
b. 1041 d. August 16, 1157